Family Businesses in the Arab World

Dr. Sami Basly is Associate Professor in Management Sciences at the University of Paris West. Before joining the University, Dr. Basly worked at the University of Bordeaux and Sciences Paris. His research work deals with strategic management and finance, and in particular family businesses. He published numerous articles and notably the book 'Le processus d'internationalisation de l'entreprise familiale' (Editions L'Harmattan, 2009) about family firms’ internationalization and governance.

• 1. Introduction to “Family Businesses in the Arab world”.-  2. Family Businesses in the Arab Economic context.- 3. Theorizing on Arab Family Businesses.- 4. Family capital and organizational resilience of the family firm in Tunisia.- 5. Moroccan Family Businesses: Specific Attributes, Logics of Action and Organizational Learning Dynamics.- 6. A Developing Country’s Perspective on the Internationalization Process of Family and non-Family Firms: the Case of Palestine.- 7. Socioemotional Approach: Exploring Women’s Guilt in An All-Female Egyptian Family Business.- 8. Financial Behaviour of Lebanese Family Firms during Political Crises.- 9. Impact of Institutional environment on the capital structure of Tunisian family firms.- 10. How can family firms attract foreign investors? The role of governance mechanisms in Tunisia.- 11. Founder Legacy in Arab Dynastic Entrepreneurship.- 12. Succession Planning in Family SMEs in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study.- 13. Epilogue. The multiple embeddedness of family firms in the Arab World.